Momentum Nonprofit Partners

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We see the hunger they alleviate, the education they provide, the homelessness they address, but the root causes remain, casting long shadows over countless lives. It's about shifting power dynamics, dismantling harmful policies, and creating a new blueprint for a more equitable future. But the vision is worth the fight.

Public Policy 64

Public Policy Public and Social Policy Food Homelessness 64

NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 17, 2023

Increasingly, tenant organizing is not just winning battles against landlords, but changing public policy. In this 90-minute webinar, cosponsored and co-moderated by NPQ and Shelterforce , tenant activists shared their stories, both in direct tenant organizing and policy advocacy. Louisville Courier Journal , March 20, 2023.

Law 97

Law Public Policy Homelessness 97

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Worker-owned co-ops and benefit corporations are additional public policy frameworks for a just economy. In a massive charitable response, vast networks of locally supported food pantries, coat drives, homeless shelters, community clinics, and free schools have been launched and sustained.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Poverty 132

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 27, 2025

And homelessness is rising. A recent US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report identified 771,000 homeless people in January 2024, a record number that was 18 percent higher than the previous year, which in turn marked a 12 percent increase over 2022. Homelessness is being criminalized, observes Theoharis.

Homelessness 105

Homelessness Poverty Public and Social Policy Urban development 105

NonProfit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Despite multiple warnings, fines, and legal notices directing them to leave, they had stayed because they were otherwise homeless. In total, more than a dozen law enforcement officials were waiting, undercover or in hiding, to surprise the Roberts family.

Homelessness 122

Homelessness Law Public Policy Public and Nonprofit Management 122

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Participants came from diverse organizations, including homeless shelters and a queer youth summer camp. In the six months following the training, staff at a participating homeless shelter have not handed anyone over to the police—a testament to the program’s success.

Nonprofit governance and management 139

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Homelessness Law 139

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It’s time to change public policy to do away with excessive wealth and its corrosive effects on our lives, our society, and our democracy. To interrupt this pattern, public policy must, at minimum, implement policies that tax wealth to cut down on the excessive concentration of wealth over time. Take Jeff Bezos.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance Public Policy 120